The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Friday, July 31, 2015

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

China doesn’t want to suppress Christianity – just control it
The Guardian, July 30, 3015
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/30/china-christianity-removal-crosses-communist-party-churches

Complete freedom, always just eluding the grasp of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei
Washington Post, July 30, 2015
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-leaves-for-berlin-but-he-is-still-in-limbo/2015/07/30/736e3377-6aa8-4fdf-a4de-2b4db196b7ec_story.html

Beijing and Almaty contest Winter Olympics in human rights nightmare
The Guardian, July 30, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jul/30/china-kazakhstan-winter-olympics-2022

Cybersecurity: We need a Chinese Snowden
The Diplomat, July 31, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/07/cybersecurity-we-need-a-chinese-snowden/

The invisible: how China deals with mental illness – in pictures
The Guardian, July 30, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/jul/30/the-invisibles-how-china-deals-with-mental-illness-in-pictures